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Parcel Bags

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Parcel Bags is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 447 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£3.0M/yr4.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Parcel Bags against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Parcel Bags is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Parcel Bags market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Parcel Bags 4.4M times last year and spent an estimated £3.0M. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 4.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.7%
Conversion, latest week
16.9%
Market size, estimated
£3.0Ma year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
parcel bags1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.00.

Listings sell for £4.00 on average, from £2.67 to £5.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 40,000 to 50,000 of them. At £4.00 that is £160K to £200K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.00under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.67–£5.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
40,000–50,000
Revenue per listing a year
£160K–£200K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 9,753 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#4in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
9,753per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Parcel Bags products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£301K£602K£903K£1.2M1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • iSOUL51%
  • Double Dragon39%
  • EPACKAGING6%
  • Straame2%
  • delka2%

Demand

Parcel Bags search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

100K60KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Parcel Bags search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • parcel bags1.2M/yr
  • postage bags691K/yr
  • mailing bags417K/yr
  • shipping bags263K/yr
  • postage bags for clothes vinted255K/yr
  • packaging bags242K/yr
  • vinted shipping bags144K/yr
  • packing bags143K/yr
  • delivery bags for parcels133K/yr
  • mailing bags for clothes vinted128K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Parcel Bags

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall29%−0.11

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Not as good quality as expected

Thickness20%−0.14

Not the thickest bags

Could be thicker material

Not very thick

Size-Overall12%+1.16

Too small

Small bags are really small

Not fit for purpose

Adhesion/Stickiness8%−0.04

The adhesive is very sticky indeed

does not stick

Tape wont stick

Strength4%+0.45

not at robust

Cheap and flimsy

Not even that strong

Love

Quality-Overall20%−0.11

Amazing quality

Good quality and feel strong

All the bags are good quality

Size-Overall20%+1.16

Good mix of sizes

Good size

Good mix of sizes

Value For Money18%+1.87

Amazing value

Amazing value

GOOD VALUE

Strength7%+0.45

This bag is strong

Great sturdy bags

Very strong

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.29

Exactly what I was looking for

As advertised

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 65% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%█▇▆▆█▇

Too small

Small bags are really small

Not fit for purpose

Thin12%▂▆▄█▆█

Too thin

Bags are thin

somewhat thin material

Quality-Overall12%▅▇█▅▄▇

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Not as good quality as expected

Smell2%▃▅█▁▅▁

has a funny smell

Strong plastic smell

Smell of smoke

Thickness2%▁▁▃█▅▅

Not the thickest bags

Could be thicker material

Not very thick

FAQ

Common Parcel Bags questions

Answered from the same tracked data.